Johns P E, Smith M H, Chesser R K
Growth. 1980 Mar;44(1):46-53.
Kidney (Y) and body (X) weights in kilograms are highly correlated (r = 0.88) in white-tailed deer. As in other mammals, the relationship between the two variables is curvilinear with Y = -2.493 X0.746. Habitat did not affect the parameters of the realationship although certain sex-age and sex month categories did. However, use of kidney weight in standardizing body condition indices in deer of different sizes still seems warranted for white-tailed deer in the southeastern United States during the hunting season because of the relatively high predictability of the overall kidney-body weight relationship.
白尾鹿的肾脏重量（Y，单位：千克）与体重（X，单位：千克）高度相关（r = 0.88）。与其他哺乳动物一样，这两个变量之间的关系呈曲线关系，即Y = -2.493X^0.746。栖息地并未影响这种关系的参数，尽管某些性别-年龄和性别-月份类别会有影响。然而，在美国东南部狩猎季节，由于肾脏重量与体重之间的总体关系具有较高的可预测性，因此在标准化不同体型白尾鹿的身体状况指数时，使用肾脏重量似乎仍然是合理的。
